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Snow Camp

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095153
MRDS ID M015542
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Camp
Alternate or previous names Windy Creek
Related records 10274122

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.15506, 42.33925 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 26 MILES FROM U. S. 101 NEAR GOLD BEACH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Collier Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chetco(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 012W 19 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SEC. 30 , T. 37 1/2 S., R. 12 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soil Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE OF SOIL IS 0.68 % NI, 0.08 % CO, AND 1 % CR1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.15506, 42.33925
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LARGE LANDSLIDE AREA
    Thickness 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOIL PATCHES DEVELOPED ON PARTLY SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE. ULTRAMAFICS ARE THRUST-OVER MARINE SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL BULLDOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 54 .

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.49

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON USBM MAPPED AND SAMPLED ON A RECONNAISSANCE SCAL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE UNWEATHERED ROCK CONTENT IS ESTIMATED TO BE 45 % BY VOLUME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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